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Gregor Mathes


Gregor Mathes is a PhD student and analytical palaeontologist at the University of Bayreuth and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. His research interests include conservation palaeontology, analytical macroecology, and data science. He applies novel statistical tools to the fossil record to gain insights about Earths history. Using this information about the past, he focuses on the conservation of recent biodiversity under current climate change. A big ambition in Gregor Mathes work is the use and creation of free and open software.



Education

PhD. Candidate, Analytical Palaeobiology

University of Bayreuth

Bayreuth

Current - 2019

  • Working on climate-biodiversity interactions using mixed effect regression models and machine learning algorithms
  • Additionally contributing to various research projects of other team member covering sports ecology, macroecology, and geology. Providing help for programming, statistics, and data visualisation
  • Uni-Website

M.Sc., Analytical Palaeobiology and Earth System Research lab

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen

2019 - 2018

  • Thesis: The effect of palaeoclimate interactions on the extinction risk of organism
  • Focus on statistics, programming, and academic skills

B.Sc., Geoscience

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen

2018 - 2013

  • Thesis: Diagenesis of Halimeda
  • Focus on palaeobiology, applied sedimentology, and geochemistry/ petrology

Abitur

Hans-Sachs Gymnasium Nuremberg

Nuremberg

2013 - 2005

  • Thesis: Die Alpen - Paradebeispiel plattentektonischer Prozesse
  • Focus on German, Mathematics, English, History, and Physics



Publications

Extinction risk controlled by interaction of long-term and short-term climate change

Nature Ecology and Evolution

N/A

2020

  • Gregor H. Mathes, Jeroen van Dijk, Wolfgang Kiessling, Manuel J. Steinbauer
  • Accepted for publication

Siberian Trap outgassing triggered five million years of elevated atmospheric CO2

Nature Communications

N/A

2020

  • Michael Joachimski, Johann Müller, Daoliang Chu, Timothy Gallagher, Vladimir Silantiev, Fedor Mouraviev, Yadong Sung, Gregor H. Mathes, J. Tong
  • In review

Software development

A big ambition in my work is the use and creation of free and open software.

CPNR

University Bayreuth

Bayreuth

2020

fotofallen - TensorFlow Model

Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft

Freising

2020

  • Convolutional Neural Network for image classification of camera trap images





Selected Posters and Talks

Extinction risk controlled by climate interactions

BayCEER Workshop 2020

N/A

2020

  • Online conference

Biodiversity turnover controlled by interaction of long-term and short-term climate change

YOMOS 2020

N/A

2020

  • Online conference

Extinction risk controlled by interaction of long-term and short-term climate change

Conservation Paleobiology Symposium

University of Bologna

2020

  • A talk on the first project in my PhD schedule

A novel approach to define evolutionary units in Phanerozoic reefs

Conservation Paleobiology Symposium

University of Würzburg

2019

  • A talk about a project from my master program

Anthropogenic impacts on benthic foraminiferal assemblages, Oahu, Hawaii

Forams 2020

University of Edinburgh

2018

  • A poster presentation at my first academic conference.





Industry Experience

I am a member of the Conservation Paleobiology Network and currently chair of the training series sub-committee. I am a private lecturer at the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V. providing talks and classes on climate change and Earths system.

Lecturer

Hanns-Seidel Stiftung

Kloster Banz

Current - 2019

  • Lecturer for one week workshops covering topics such as mass extinctions or climate change

Data Warehouse Solution

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen

2019 - 2018

  • Created a data base for the thin section collection of the Faculty Palaeobiology
  • Data base environment based on WissKI





Teaching Experience

Lecturer

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen

Current - 2020

  • Served as TA for foraminifera lecture in the microfossils course 2020 of the master program “Analytical Palaeobiology”

Lecturer

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen

2019

  • Served as TA for foraminifera lecture in the microfossils course 2019 of the master program “Analytical Palaeobiology”

Lecturer

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen

2019 - 2017

  • Invited talks on carbonate microfacies during the internationally renowned Flügel-Course
  • Focus on foraminifera and thin sections





Selected Awards and Honors

Best Talk Award - Third Prize

Bayreuther Zentrum für Ökologie und Umweltforschung (BayCEER)

Bayreuth

2020

  • Young researcher award. Presentation title: Extinction risk controlled by climate interactions

Best student talk

Conservation Paleobiology Symposium

Bologna

2020

  • Presentation title: Extinction risk controlled by interaction of long-term and short-term climate change

Master thesis with distinction

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen

2019

  • Awarded for master theses with an overall grade below 1.2

Invited talk on carbonate microfacies

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen

2019

  • Invited talk at the international course on carbonate microfacies about foraminifera and their applications

Winner of the 1st FAU International Science Slam

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen

2018

  • The Faculty of Sciences hosted FAU’s first International Science Slam. Presentation title: Warning: the following presentation may contain foraminifera





Science outreach

Trying to make my reseach accessible and public, I am engaging in various open science efforts. Please feel free to contact me if you want me to come to your school, company, or conference.

Geologic field trips

Franconian Switzerland

Nuremberg

Current - 2016

  • Organiser of educational and interdisciplinary excursions for school classes.

Public talks

Various

N/A

Current - 2017

  • Various talks about climate change given at schools and colleges

Online lectures

The Halifax Academy

West Yorkshire

2020

  • Various online talks for school classes about the sixth mass extinction

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen

2019

Erlanger Markttage

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen

2019 - 2018

Kinderuniversität

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Nuremberg

2019





Selected Data Science Writing

I regularly blog about data science, statistic, and data visualisation on my blog

How to disclose code and data for peer-review

Personal website

N/A

2020

Rethinking Chapter 3

Personal website

N/A

2020

  • Second part of a series where I work through the practice questions of the second edition of Richard McElreaths Statistical Rethinking
  • Rethinking Chapter 3
  • Bayesian statistics

Rethinking Chapter 2

Personal website

N/A

2020

  • First part of a series where I work through the practice questions of the second edition of Richard McElreaths Statistical Rethinking
  • Rethinking Chapter 2
  • Bayesian statistics

Introduction to ggplot2 (Part 1)

Personal website

N/A

2020

  • Workshop on R’s ggplot package for data visualisation for the palaeobiology master students at Uni Erlangen
  • Introduction to ggplot2 (Part 1)
  • Helpful resources

Introduction to ggplot2 (Part 2)

Personal website

N/A

2020

  • Workshop on R’s ggplot package for data visualisation for the palaeobiology master students at Uni Erlangen
  • Introduction to ggplot2 (Part 2)
  • Helpful resources

Invited article for new students at FAU

Erstsemestermagazin frisch!

N/A

2019

  • Tips and recommendations for new students at the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg





Attended workshops

UFZ-Winterschool: Ecologic modelling

Helmholtz Zentrum

Leipzig

2019

  • A two week in presence coding school on ecological models with C++

RangeShiftR workshop

Humboldt University

Berlin

2019

  • A four day in presence coding school on the R package RangeShiftR

International Course on Organofacies Analysis

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen

2018

  • A five day in presence workshop on organofacies analysis using microscopy techniques.